About our services
Sunday Morning Services
Our 10.30 am Sunday morning services use a variety of formats, including Holy Communion, Morning Worship and All Age services. You can find out what's coming up on the Calendar on this website.
The services are held in church but are also live-streamed for those people who aren't able to join us. The link will be emailed out before the service and will also be available on this website.
There is usually a service of Holy Communion at 9.15 am on the fourth Sunday of every month, but this may be held on a different Sunday - see the Calendar for details.
Wednesday Morning Communion Service
There is a service of Holy Communion in church at 10.30 am every Wednesday, except during August.
The format of the service includes a study passage read by the person who chose it, followed by discussion of the passage.
New monthly mid-week evening service
We will be holding a monthly evening service of Holy Communion with a time for spiritual reflection. Several people have expressed sadness that they can't get to Wednesday morning worship because they work or have other day time commitments, so we are offering this monthly evening service as an alterative. We hope to settle on the 2nd Thursday of each month whenever possible.
Sacred Space at SAPL
This service, offered at 7.30 pm on the last Thursday of the month could also be described as ‘church at the edge’. An invitation not only for our regular churchgoers but for those who may not usually walk through the doors of this building for a variety of reasons.
Many of us find sustenance within a ‘space’ where we can be still, breathe and remember the love which holds us all.
A small, dedicated team plan a themed service for all of us to experience a quiet contemplative hour, being guided to reflect with some meditative self-inquiry, readings, poetry and music. A sacred space to help us reconnect with the inner wisdom of our hearts and cultivate both a sense of calm and self-care for body, mind and soul.
When we nurture ourselves with gentleness, we are revived and feel safely held. As a result, we ultimately have greater capacity to love and give to others in all the ways we feel called to.
Please feel warmly welcome to join us on the last Thursday of each month, keeping a check on dates via SAPL newletter/website.
Coming up:
Sunday 27th April
Easter 2
10.30 am Morning Worship Local Arrangement
Collect
Risen Christ,
for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred:
open the doors of our hearts,
that we may seek the good of others
and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace,
to the praise of God the Father.
Readings Psalm 150
John 20: 19 – 31
Hymns H&P 191 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing
StF 309 The Spirit lives to set us free v.1
HON 67 Be still, for the presence of the Lord
StF 360 Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us
H&P 190 Christ is alive, let Christians sing
This services includes a talk about the Firvale Food Bank by Sue Vinall
This service will also be live streamed and you can watch it here from 10.30 am.
There is a Junior Church Activity sheet available here.
You can read this week's Newsletter here.
NEXT SUNDAY
Sunday 4th May
Third Sunday of Easter
10.30 am Holy Communion Revd Prof Frances Young
Revd Prof Young was Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. She was made OBE for services to Theology in 1998, and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004. She did the opening Lent Talk on Radio 4.